Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Important GA questions for GIC/RBI?IBPS PO/CLERK CWE III SET-1

Q.1 In which European country the Prime Minister
Jens Stoltenberg has appointed the Pakistani origin Hadia Tajik as the new
culture minister of the country? 1) Spain 2)
Sweden 3) France 4) Britain 5) Russia

Q.7 Under the Rajiv Gandhi Equity Scheme, what
is the maximum permissible investment? 1) Rs 30,000

2) Rs 40,000 3) Rs 50,000 4) Rs 60,000 5) Rs
70,000

Q.8 The Union government has hiked dearness
allowance (DA) of its 80 lakh employees by 7 per cent. Now what is the
percentage of DA payable to central government employees? 1) 65% 2) 70% 3) 72% 4) 75% 5) 80%

Q.9 In which state according to the Union home
ministry sources, Avtar Henry despite being a British citizen occupied the
chair of a minister for two terms? 1) Meghalaya 2) Kerala 3) Delhi 4) Haryana
5) Punjab

Q.10 Recently Ranbir Kapoor-starred film ‘Barfi’
has been nominated as India’s entry in the foreign film category for the next
year of which of the following awards? 1) Cannes Film Festival 2) Oscar awards 3) Locarno Film Festival
4) Asianet Awards 5) Venice Film Festival

Q.11 The world over most of the supervisory
authorities have adopted the following as the basis of assessment of capital
adequacy? 1) Risk Assets Ratio System 2)
Return or Capital System 3) Average Yield on Assets System 4) Net Profit 5)
None of the above

Q.13 Human Development Index (HDI) comprises
literacy rates, life expectancy at birth and

1) Gross National Product per head in the US
dollars 2) Gross Domestic Product per head at real purchasing power 3) Gross
National Product in US dollars 4) National Income per head in US dollars 5) None
of these

Q.15 Commercial Paper may be issued for a period
of: 1) not exceeding five years 2) not exceeding three years

3) ranging from 7 days to one year 4) ranging
from one year to five years 5) None of these

Q.16 Which of the following banks have entered
capital market in the wake of Narsimham Committee recommendations? 1) State
Bank of India 2) Oriental Bank of Commerce 3) Bank of India 4) All of the above
5) None of the above

Q.17 Consider the following statements: Full
convertibility of the rupee may mean

1) Its free float with the international
currencies 2) Its direct exchange with any other international currency at any
prescribed place inside and outside the country 3) It acts like any other
international currency 4) Only 1) & 2) 5) All of the above

Q.18 “World Development Report” is an annual
publication of: 1) United Nations Development Programme

2) International Bank of Reconstruction of
Development 3) World Trade Organisation 4) International Monetary Fund 5) Asian
Development Bank

Q.20 Which country rejected India’s plea for
extradition of Purulia arms drop case prime accused Kim Davy, after which India
has pushed for trial within the Indian embassy premises in that country? 1)
Portugal 2) Spain 3) Sweden 4)
Norway 5) Denmark

Q.21 The government of which country has planned
to ban the use of words ‘mother’ and ‘father’ from all official documents under
controversial plan to legalise gay marriage? 1) Netherlands 2) Poland 3) France 4) Australia 5) Britain

Q.22 Declaration of which High Court of India,
that nine suspected Naxalites arrested by the National Investigation Agency
(NIA) in an illegal arms manufacturing case as ‘political prisoners’, has been
challenged by the Centre? 1) Ranchi High Court 2) Bhubaneswar High Court 3)
Bangalore High Court 4) Kolkata High Court 5) Delhi High Court

Q.23 Which former President of India is accused
of dispatching gifts received while office deposited in ‘Toshakhana’ of
Rashtrapati Bhawant to a museum run by her son? 1) Dr APJ Abdul Kalam 2)KR Narayanan 3) Pratibha Patil

4) Pranab Mukherjee 5) R Venkataraman

Q.24 In a show of increasing maritime ambitions,
which country has recently commissioned its first aircraft carrier named
‘Liaoning’? 1) China 2) Russia 3) South Korea 4) Japan 5) Thailand

Q.25 Which country is preparing to hand over Abu
Hamza al-Masri, the controversial preacher to US authorities after he lost a
last-ditch appeal to the European Court of Human Rights against his
extradition?

1) Pakistan 2)
Saudi Arabia 3) Egypt 4) Britain 5) India

Q.26 Which global bank is reducing its retail
operations in India and by the end of Sep. it shut three of its nine bank branches
in the country? 1) Bank of America 2)
ABN Amro 3) HDFC 4) Barclays 5) BNP Paribas

Q.27 Name the world’s biggest wind turbine
manufacturer based Denmark, which has decided to close down it India
operations? 1) Vestas 2) Sinovel 3) GE
Energy 4) Gamesa 5) Enercon

Q.28 In which city the New York Film Academy has
planned to set up its first campus in South Asia, the first term of which will
begin in January 2013? 1) Bangalore 2) Hyderabad 3) New Delhi 4) Greater Noida 5) Jaipur

Q.29 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (RGKR) award 2011-2012
is given to which of following palyers ?

Q.30 Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand
Sharma has announced that Khazanah Nasional Berhad and IDFC have joined hands
to form a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) with an equity base of `830 for taking
an infrastructure projects in India. Khazanah Nasional Berhad belong to 1)
Indonesia 2) Malaysia 3) Maldives

4) Brunei 5) None of these

Q.31 According to Anand Sharma, target for
bilateral trade between India and Malaysia is $15 billion which is likely to be
achieved by 1) 2013 2) 2015 3) 2017 4) 2018 5) None of these

Q.33 The govt has mandated that from April 1,
2013, all foreign investors desirous of claiming benefits under the Double
Taxation Avoidance Agreements (DTAAs) will have to produce TRC of their base
country in which they are located. TRC stand for 1) Tax Reduction Certificate 2) Tax Rebate Certificate 3) Tax Residency
Certificate 4) Tax Rehabilitation
Certificate 5) None of these

Q.34 Ajit Pawar resigned as a 1) Member of
Legislative Assembly 2) Deputy CM of Maharashtra 3) Chief of Mahrashtra NCP 4)
Home Minister of Maharashtra 5) None of these

Q.37 The Centre has shifted the venue for the
Partnership Summit-2013, a mega industrial summit organised by the Union
Commerce Ministry in collaboration with the Confederation of Indian Industry
(CII), from Kolkata to 1) Delhi 2) Mumbai 3) Chennai 4) Hyderabad 5) Agra

Q.39 India ranks poorly at _______ among 105
countries in the 2012 Global Food Security Index launched in India by the
American chemical company DuPont that has categorised countries in three
segments availability, affordability and quality and safety. 1) 66 2) 74 3) 80 4) 91 5) None of these

Q.40 The Union Cabinet may soon take up the long
pending proposal to increase the foreign direct investment cap in the insurance
sector to ____ percent, from ____ percent at present. 1) 21, 10 2) 49, 26 3) 51, 26 4) 74, 49 5) None of
these

Q.41 ‘One Rank, One Pension’ is associated with
1) Indian Administrative Service 2) Indian Police Service 3) Defence Services
4) Indian Agriculture Service 5) None of these

Q.42 Which among the following is not correctly
match? 1) Bank Rate–9% 2) Repo Rate–8% 3) CRR–4.5%

4) SLR–23% 5) MSF–8%

Q.43 Which among the following is the central
bank of US? 1) Federal Reserve 2) Federal Bank 3) Bank of America 4) Federal
Bank of America 5) None of these

Q.45 The Board of Control for Cricket in India
(BCCI) will approach the UPA government to push for its demand to allow
----------% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Indian bowling? 1) 51 2) 52 3) 54 4) 55 5) None of the above

Q.46 Travelling by train in air-conditioned
comfort will get more expensive from October 1 with the finance ministry
prevailing upon the railways to levy service tax on AC travel and freight
movement. Passenger fares will go up by ------% across all AC classes as will
freight charges. 1) 3.5 2) 3.6
3) 3.7 4) 5.1 5) 5.6